It's Me, Mike Olson
@devlin1.bsky.social
Freelance writer and game designer. West Coast Adventurers Guild writer. Legends of Greyhawk Story Lead (Wild Coast and Bandit Kingdoms Divisions). Diablo TTRPG developer-person. Creator of dispassionate, professional summaries of myself.
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Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
If you get this, you are old.
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
If you get this, you are old.
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most depressing billboard I have ever seen
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
most depressing billboard I have ever seen
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being a rich tech guy in the 90s must have been so sick. every morning you start a web page that sells ring tones, sell it at lunch for 2 million dollars, get dinner at a “sushi” restaurant and go to a night club wearing a cologne called Apartheid Sapphire
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
being a rich tech guy in the 90s must have been so sick. every morning you start a web page that sells ring tones, sell it at lunch for 2 million dollars, get dinner at a “sushi” restaurant and go to a night club wearing a cologne called Apartheid Sapphire
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[Ben Folds voice]
🎶 SHE’S a Grinch and I’m fahoo foray 🎶
🎶 SHE’S a Grinch and I’m fahoo foray 🎶
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
[Ben Folds voice]
🎶 SHE’S a Grinch and I’m fahoo foray 🎶
🎶 SHE’S a Grinch and I’m fahoo foray 🎶
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h/t to DC for reminding me what day it was bsky.app/profile/dcpi...
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
h/t to DC for reminding me what day it was bsky.app/profile/dcpi...
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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I wrote a Your Guide to Farscape story a few years ago and I'm always so happy to see folks get into the show, which I love a lot. Talked to Brian Henson of Jim Henson Company for this as well. This was such a labor of love: www.ign.com/articles/201...
April 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wrote a Your Guide to Farscape story a few years ago and I'm always so happy to see folks get into the show, which I love a lot. Talked to Brian Henson of Jim Henson Company for this as well. This was such a labor of love: www.ign.com/articles/201...
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Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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Mark Cuban's takes make a lot more sense once you understand he became a billionaire off what is widely considered to be the worst and most overpriced tech acquisition of all time. He doesn't understand how anything works, isn't going to listen to reason, and is just not a serious person at all.
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Mark Cuban's takes make a lot more sense once you understand he became a billionaire off what is widely considered to be the worst and most overpriced tech acquisition of all time. He doesn't understand how anything works, isn't going to listen to reason, and is just not a serious person at all.
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Others have noted this before, but it's ENRAGING to see corporations and bosses give this bullshit "A.i." trash FAR more leeway for error and general crappiness than they'd ever give any human creator.
I've started to see arguments that we have to get used to AI Slop coding even if it isn't great, because it's fast. Humans could go faster, too, if they're allowed to turn in stuff that only sometimes works. Such a fascinating double standard that will in no way come back to haunt, naw.
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Others have noted this before, but it's ENRAGING to see corporations and bosses give this bullshit "A.i." trash FAR more leeway for error and general crappiness than they'd ever give any human creator.
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We are all nobody in the book world when we start out. That's what "starting" means. And no one "breaks in" by attending a single in-person convention. Anecdotal evidence suggests I might be the Princess of Genova, but no one's lining up to crown me.
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We are all nobody in the book world when we start out. That's what "starting" means. And no one "breaks in" by attending a single in-person convention. Anecdotal evidence suggests I might be the Princess of Genova, but no one's lining up to crown me.
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This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This shit is made up, actually
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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*The kid turns to face Scrooge, revealing that he's wearing a Tragically Hip t-shirt* "Why, it's the day before Boxing Day, sir!"
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
*The kid turns to face Scrooge, revealing that he's wearing a Tragically Hip t-shirt* "Why, it's the day before Boxing Day, sir!"
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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This is beyond fucked up. People with dementia are already suffering with an illness that is unbearably cruel. Faking memories like this and posting it on the internet for clout is tantamount to abuse.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is beyond fucked up. People with dementia are already suffering with an illness that is unbearably cruel. Faking memories like this and posting it on the internet for clout is tantamount to abuse.
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When you are extremely cherished by your loving family.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
When you are extremely cherished by your loving family.
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Hohoho! I drew this year's holiday card for my art rep, Felix Comic Art. I wanted the recipients to get something that looked like a piece of vintage original art, but also couldn't help poking some fun at Felix's love for Dark Knight Returns.
December 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hohoho! I drew this year's holiday card for my art rep, Felix Comic Art. I wanted the recipients to get something that looked like a piece of vintage original art, but also couldn't help poking some fun at Felix's love for Dark Knight Returns.
Roll for initiative, you old building and loan!
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Roll for initiative, you old building and loan!
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The idea that AI can “detoxify” people reframes emotional overwhelm as a software problem, and it treats loneliness and strain as things to route into a machine rather than conditions that require support, care, and structural repair. 1/*
These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.
The CEO of Microsoft AI says AI chatbots are a powerful way for humans to offload emotions and 'detoxify ourselves'
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, has described using AI for guidance on life decisions as "something that the world needs."
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The idea that AI can “detoxify” people reframes emotional overwhelm as a software problem, and it treats loneliness and strain as things to route into a machine rather than conditions that require support, care, and structural repair. 1/*
No, we tried to warn you that he was EXACTLY what he presented himself to be, and you didn't have a problem with that until he crossed a line that, for you, was too far. He is and was exactly the man you voted for. You just refused to see it. "Your belief system is abhorrent" -- ugh, go to Hell.
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
No, we tried to warn you that he was EXACTLY what he presented himself to be, and you didn't have a problem with that until he crossed a line that, for you, was too far. He is and was exactly the man you voted for. You just refused to see it. "Your belief system is abhorrent" -- ugh, go to Hell.